Explain the patterns of settlement along a commuter/subway
line in a metropolitan environment. Analyze how these
patterns relate to friction of distance and the related
costs in money and time.
Prepare
a sketch map to illustrate the weather patterns of
northeastern Japan to better understand yamase and
its effects on agriculture.
Based
on a map of Tokyo and its transportation network,
explain how the metropolitan area, home to approximately
32 million people, continues to grow.
Uses
of Geography
Assess
and analyze the factors relating to people's willingness
to endure long commutes in Tokyo rather than live
closer to the city's core. Discuss how these factors
influenced the present settlement pattern and their
overall effect on spatial behavior.
Research
and identify the key factors associated with the rice
farmers' ability to overcome adverse climatic conditions.
Geographers
at Work
Kanno
Hiromitsu is an atmospheric geographer. He studies
weather patterns in northeastern Japan. Kanno explains
that warm summer conditions are associated with the
dominance of a North Pacific high pressure system,
while winter conditions are associated with dynamic
interaction between a Siberian high pressure system,
centered just north of Korea on the Eurasian continent,
and the Aleutian low in the Pacific Ocean east of
Honshu. Kanno researches better ways to predict yamase
so farmers who can no longer devote day-and-night
attention to their fields have the best advance warning
possible to protect their crops.
What other phenomena might an atmospheric geographer
study?
